Mopan
Lands
The Toledo District of southern Belize and nearby Petén, Guatemala
Facts 2
Governance
In 2022 a Free, Prior and Informed Consultation Protocol for the Maya of southern Belize was adopted, and in 2025 a working draft on protecting Maya customary land tenure followed.
As of 2025 Source: Caribbean Court of Justice, Closing Remarks at the Final Monitoring Hearing in Maya Leaders v The Attorney General of Belize [2015] CCJ 15 (AJ) (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Land
A 2015 Caribbean Court of Justice judgment obliges Belize's government to mark out and register Maya village lands in the south and guard them against outsiders.
As of 2015 Source: Cultural Survival, Maya Q'eqchi and Mopan of Southern Belize Win Major Land Rights Victory in International Appeals Court (statement by the Maya Leaders Alliance) (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
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